Now i want to give the User the option to protect his files with a Password. My thought was, to take the uploaded file, zip it, and give the .zip file a password.
I took a look at the ZIP Storage Provider from thephpleague. But i didnt found an Option to zip files?
Otherwise there is a cool Package available which comes with this features: https://github.com/comodojo/zip
But for both packages i did not found an option how to protect a generated zip file with a Password. Does somebody has maybe a little tip for me how to protect a .zip file with a password? :)
There is the ziparchive.setpassword.php function, but as far as i understand this, its only to open a protected .zip on the Server right?
I'm not familiar with any of those libraries, in particular, but why not simply use 7-zip to create the ZIP archive with encryption and a password?
Provided you have the ability to install 7-zip, or request that it be installed for you, it should be as simple as calling the command-line executable and passing it appropriate arguments.
In 7-zip, the -p switch is used to add a password to the archive.
You can find examples of the specific syntax about halfway down this page (search for the word "secret"):
